Busy Summer

I was busy the week before our July 25th surprise birthday party for Craig getting things ready. The family started arriving on Wednesday July 23rd. Trisha and Buck came up a week earlier. We enjoyed spending time with them. They are very helpful for us around the cabin doing chores. We had fun eating out at the different summer restaurants in town. The family all left on Sunday July 27th. I was so tired after they left I had to just do to bed. I missed church that Sunday- It took me the rest so the week cleaning up from the family of 20 for four days- I just took one day at a time doing what chores I could do. We had our YSA activity at the North beach July 29th- we all had a great time- we had a doctor’s appointment for Craig on Monday and drove down late Sunday evening. I was so tired I slept all the way down and slept in on Monday most of the day resting from all our family and hosting the big birthday party. It was a quick trip down and back in time for our YSA weekly YSA activity at Piggotts lovely home on the 29th- I kept busy cleaning each day to get our home back in order. Sunday August 3rd was my week to cook for our YSA Dinner after church. I made yummy spaghetti with sausage and pepperoni- it is a family favorite we learned from Dave Noriega when he served his mission from Spain. I cooked it all on Saturday for a 100 people. Sunday I made a double batch of banana brownies for our dessert- it took me the two days cooking and preparing. Everyone loved our dinner! It was a lot of work- I went early to set things up nice and decorated the table nautical theme for summer. It didn’t get home until 8pm from our dinner and cleaning up it took me until 10pm- it was a full day for me getting ready. Monday I woke up in-time to play Pickelball for a few hours. It’s a daily chore for me to water all my flower pots. They are all so pretty this year. Tuesday we hosting another lake weekly ysa activity at our home. They all like coming to our lake home. I was busy tidy things up out side and getting g ready- we had breakfast for our dinner. We had to cook pancakes and eggs ahead of time. We had a great turn out about 40. Today I have been so tired. I took a hot shower and did a few morning chores, tidying up from hosting our activity last night. By noon I was so tired I had to go back to bed and slept the afternoon. I needed another day to recover from our busy activities. Can’t believe it is already August. Summer is going by too fast as always. Landon and some of his friends are arriving tonight for the 4 day weekend- Shar and Dave are arriving Friday. Craig and Dave are playing in a Pickelball tournament on Saturday morning. Natasha, Bridger, Lincoln and Win left for China today they will be back on August 16th. I told her I will take a shift next weekend to watch the girls Ani and Cora- we will have a busy weekend. It is the last big weekend at the lake- Raspberry weekend coummunity events. The parade is tomorrow Thursday evening- and a firework show on Saturday evening- Im in charge for the Sunday treat again this week- I’m serving frozen Marie Calendar pies- it is Craig’s big 70th birthday Sunday we can sing happy birthday to him at church. I’m so excited to surprise him with our cruise trip to Alaska leaving Sept 13th. This is something he has always wanted to do. We aren’t getting any younger and needed to plan some trips! He is going to be so surprised !!! Can’t wait till Sunday to tell him! Going to enjoy this weekend with our family.